Snacks 4 the Brain--Dr. Rick Chappell

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Includes descriptive metadata provided by producer in MP3 file: "Snacks 4 the Brain! - Podcasts - Snacks 4 the Brain--Dr. Rick Chappell." Scott Merrick interviews Rick Chappell, an astronomer and director of Vanderbilt's Dyer Observatory, about the state of science today, science education, and the need to communicate the value of science to the public. Chappell talks about the book he wrote with Jim Hartz, entitled Worlds apart : how the distance between science and journalism threatens America's future.